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He continued in this veffel till the month of July 1747, and is then mentioned as the captor of a privateer belonging to St. Maloe's, called the vigi - lante, carrying eighteen carriage and fwivel guns, which he carried into Plymouth.
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And it's a given that government "must maintain its role as a vigi-lant watchdog."
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Now I had eluded the vigi - lance of my attendants and had wandered hither to -- to where?
Can Such Things Be Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1909
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I was relieved from it by the humane hand of Mr. DAVID RUGGLES, whose vigi - lance, kindness, and perseverance, I shall never for - get.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 1845
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This relative uncertainty is a spur God gives us to be ever vigilant; this vigi - lance in turn helps us progress in the work of our sanctification as Christians.
Latest Articles USCCB.org/New American Bible 2010
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Lord High Treasurer of Great-Britain; her Majesty having thought fit to pitch on that auspicious day, for tbe inauguration of a Prime Minister, to whose wisdom, vigi - lance, and integrity, the restoration of public credit was princt - pally owing.
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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However vigi - lantly and perseveringly other means for at - taining the object proposed, may be employed, if there be a failure here, the most calamitous con* sequences may be expected.
The Sermon Delivered at the Inauguration of the Rev. Archibald Alexander, P. P., as Professor of ... Princeton Theological Seminary, Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, Philip Milledoler 1812
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Having received the Resolve of Congress for delaying the embarkation of Gen 1 Burgoyne and his army till the Convention is ratified by Great Britain, I am carefully ob - serving the conduct of those troops, have inculcated vigi - lance and alertness on the guards and sentinels, and have augmented their numbers, have been removing the arms,
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The Norwegians are a fine race of men, of a free and generous fpirit, and watch over their liberties with unremitted vigi - lance.
Travels into Norway, Denmark, and Russia, in the years 1788, 1789, 1790, and 1791 1792
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Specnlatiag upon the apparent avowal of these principle*, the vice admiralty jndge* of Great Britain, the officer* of her ship* of war and crui - sers, seem to consider them as the signal for har - assing and arresting neatral commerce, and vigi - lantly acting in conformity with these impres - ttoos.
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